11-letter words containing h, i, n, c
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- histrionics — an actor.
- hitchhiking — Present participle of hitchhike.
- ho chi minh — 1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- honorifical — honorific
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- humectation — A moistening.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
- hyperinotic — of or suffering from hyperinosis
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypnopompic — of or relating to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.
- hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- ice machine — machine that makes ice cubes
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in chancery — (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
- in exchange — in return